Guild Wars 2

I think a fun mini-game mechanic that Anet could introduce is the ability to create relationships with NPCs. Fighting evil dragons all day long can be taxing on one’s mind. As an escape from your virtual world, players could pursue relationships within your home instance.

We already see what Anet can do with all the cats that you can unlock for your home instance. Why not allow that for NPCs? You can take what RPers are doing in Divinity’s Reach back rooms, and combine it with unique dialogue options. This would allow you to bond with others, and even start families. Upon entering your instance, you could be greeted by your wife/husband that you so happened to marry.

Yes, we could be greeted cheerfully, but more likely berated for not coming home more, or even asked to leave until we can stop farming ‘their’ instance. Lol @ real world in Tyria.

Meridian.4983:

Yes, we could be greeted cheerfully, but more likely berated for not coming home more, or even asked to leave until we can stop farming ‘their’ instance. Lol @ real world in Tyria.

Lol. Add a tamagochi-like crying baby (or few of them) in the instance you need to log in to feed/play with AT LEAST 3 times a day (like someone suggested in other thread). And if you forget their birthday, they lock you out of your instance for at least a week XD

I would like someone to shower me with riches and treat me special. Since I don’t have that in real life how about an NPC that carries a gold filled basket. As I walk along he can toss gold at me. Another NPC can run ahead of me, flinging rose petals up in the air to land for me to walk on and lay jackets down if I have to cross muddy areas so I don’t get my feet dirty.

Yea I’d marry one

Be like Fable, then?
Let’s go all the way and have a different spouse in every city!

Gryphon.2875:

Be like Fable, then?
Let’s go all the way and have a different spouse in every city!

Different spouses of each race in every city XD So it’s human wife in DR, Charr in Black Citadel, Asura in Rata Sum, etc.

Also since it’s supposed to be as realistic as possible, you need to give them all gold. Every week.

Gryphon.2875:

Be like Fable, then?
Let’s go all the way and have a different spouse in every city!

Ohh I loved that game I tried to have 2 spouses right next door to each other and they both started yelling at me and one divorced me and left and my kid got sent to the orphanage :/
That would be a good idea though, I already suggested a while ago when people were asking for more chubby options for character creating that they should make it to where when you eat vegetables you get skinny and eating pie makes you chubby, making it realistic like Fable would be amazing.

There is a lot of content and story potential within the home instances. Rather than entering into relationships with individual NPCS, I would prefer to be the mayor/benefactor of the home instances. With my help, those two humans who can’t afford to start a family could and the Krewe that was displaced by dragons could set up operations. I have been working on a broader description of what I mean and some day will get it on paper.

Gryphon.2875:

Be like Fable, then?
Let’s go all the way and have a different spouse in every city!

Yes, and even own all houses (ok, at least 10) in every city and collect so much rent.

please go back to maple story or whatver lonely place this stuff comes from….

The Sims is 3 doors down on the right

Coming home to happy Wife/Husband? LOL, this is definitely a fantasy game, 10/10 would leave real wife for happy game wife.

Just a flesh wound.3589:

What if we had the option to have cross racial NPC spouses. Your human character could have the option to go to his home instance and be greeted by his Charr wife and their litter of cute half human/half Charr kiddies.

Yes. My human Thief still wants to marry the female charr of his dreams. It could all happen within my Home Instance, so there’d be no breaking of the cannon storyline. And I would love to have hybrid children with my charr spouse. In real life, the closest I can get to this lifestyle is wearing a costume. If I could get this in game, it would be my new second life!

would love the “getting home with a family” option, however, only if we also get our own home to go back to.
i don’t want to get back in a whole neighborhood and call that “home” without even being able to customize it the way i want it, it is after all my home.

Smooth Penguin.5294:

hybrid children

Half-asura, Half-charr. Charrsura

electricwater.1572:

Smooth Penguin.5294:

hybrid children

Half-asura, Half-charr. Charrsura

Nah we need some Noura’s Norn/asura

Edit
Some korn’s would be nice to Koda/norn

Linken.6345:

electricwater.1572:

Smooth Penguin.5294:

hybrid children

Half-asura, Half-charr. Charrsura

Nah we need some Noura’s Norn/asura

Edit
Some korn’s would be nice to Koda/norn

How about some quadge? (quaggan/dredge)

or even better

Chaman (chak/human)

Oh, so many possibilities! And no need for these silly ‘new race’ discussions anymore.

Some Asuitt’s would be cute aswell

Y’all are weird

Half Skritt and half Norn: Skorn

Then of course, the 3 way match.
Quakarrs: Kiddies with a Quaggan mom and a Skritt/Charr dad.

Don’t forget Dwarfgu (dwarf/tengu)

Coming next in Hybrid Wars 2

electricwater.1572:

Don’t forget Dwarfgu (dwarf/tengu)

Coming next in Hybrid Wars 2

As far dwarf hybrids go I think the name should acknowledge one specific feature, that the dwarves are made of stone and that Ogden Stonehealer is most likely the sire since he’s the one dwarf that’s consistently above ground. Therefore I suggest that the dwarf hybrids be known as a group by the name Stoner and then the name of the other race(s).

Examples:
Stoner Skorn: Dwarf Skritt Norn
Stoner Quakarr: Dwarf Quaggan Skritt Charr

I have never seen a sadder suggestion on these forums lol.

Just a flesh wound.3589:

electricwater.1572:

Don’t forget Dwarfgu (dwarf/tengu)

Coming next in Hybrid Wars 2

As far dwarf hybrids go I think the name should acknowledge one specific feature, that the dwarves are made of stone and that Ogden Stonehealer is most likely the sire since he’s the one dwarf that’s consistently above ground. Therefore I suggest that the dwarf hybrids be known as a group by the name Stoner and then the name of the other race(s).

Examples:
Stoner Skorn: Dwarf Skritt Norn
Stoner Quakarr: Dwarf Quaggan Skritt Charr

Now that I think about it…can we mix Elder Dragons with smth too?

Regarding the OP idea, I think it is better to leave that to games that specialize in it, rather than water out GW2 further. GW2 never been heavy on the role play elements, they even removed thw showing of the personality aspect which was the one RPG’ish mechanic they had.

Always found it funny that MMO games, that by definition should be the best possible medium for Roleplaying, is essentially the most useless roleplaying games I’ve ever seen.

electricwater.1572:

Just a flesh wound.3589:

electricwater.1572:

Don’t forget Dwarfgu (dwarf/tengu)

Coming next in Hybrid Wars 2

As far dwarf hybrids go I think the name should acknowledge one specific feature, that the dwarves are made of stone and that Ogden Stonehealer is most likely the sire since he’s the one dwarf that’s consistently above ground. Therefore I suggest that the dwarf hybrids be known as a group by the name Stoner and then the name of the other race(s).

Examples:
Stoner Skorn: Dwarf Skritt Norn
Stoner Quakarr: Dwarf Quaggan Skritt Charr

Now that I think about it…can we mix Elder Dragons with smth too?

Of course we can! Logic, lore and common sense has no place in a thread like this.

How about an Elder Dragon and a Largos to get a…. Largon? Draglar? Largos-n-Drag?

Just a flesh wound.3589:

electricwater.1572:

Just a flesh wound.3589:

electricwater.1572:

Don’t forget Dwarfgu (dwarf/tengu)

Coming next in Hybrid Wars 2

As far dwarf hybrids go I think the name should acknowledge one specific feature, that the dwarves are made of stone and that Ogden Stonehealer is most likely the sire since he’s the one dwarf that’s consistently above ground. Therefore I suggest that the dwarf hybrids be known as a group by the name Stoner and then the name of the other race(s).

Examples:
Stoner Skorn: Dwarf Skritt Norn
Stoner Quakarr: Dwarf Quaggan Skritt Charr

Now that I think about it…can we mix Elder Dragons with smth too?

Of course we can! Logic, lore and common sense has no place in a thread like this.

How about an Elder Dragon and a Largos to get a…. Largon? Draglar? Largos-n-Drag?

Well I think we must honor OP’s wish first. So I suggest add an option to make Zhaitan your waifu (and other ED too ofc)

Smooth Penguin.5294:

Just a flesh wound.3589:

What if we had the option to have cross racial NPC spouses. Your human character could have the option to go to his home instance and be greeted by his Charr wife and their litter of cute half human/half Charr kiddies.

Yes. My human Thief still wants to marry the female charr of his dreams. It could all happen within my Home Instance, so there’d be no breaking of the cannon storyline. And I would love to have hybrid children with my charr spouse. In real life, the closest I can get to this lifestyle is wearing a costume. If I could get this in game, it would be my new second life!

I <3 Furries XD

joneirikb.7506:

Regarding the OP idea, I think it is better to leave that to games that specialize in it, rather than water out GW2 further. GW2 never been heavy on the role play elements, they even removed thw showing of the personality aspect which was the one RPG’ish mechanic they had.

Always found it funny that MMO games, that by definition should be the best possible medium for Roleplaying, is essentially the most useless roleplaying games I’ve ever seen.

Well, that’s because MMO is only an abbreviation for MMORPG. There are people who want to RP in an RPG, fancy that. Otherwise, why have races or story at all?

SWtOR has a great romance system and it enhances the story quite well for most of its players.

electricwater.1572:

Just a flesh wound.3589:

electricwater.1572:

Just a flesh wound.3589:

electricwater.1572:

Don’t forget Dwarfgu (dwarf/tengu)

Coming next in Hybrid Wars 2

As far dwarf hybrids go I think the name should acknowledge one specific feature, that the dwarves are made of stone and that Ogden Stonehealer is most likely the sire since he’s the one dwarf that’s consistently above ground. Therefore I suggest that the dwarf hybrids be known as a group by the name Stoner and then the name of the other race(s).

Examples:
Stoner Skorn: Dwarf Skritt Norn
Stoner Quakarr: Dwarf Quaggan Skritt Charr

Now that I think about it…can we mix Elder Dragons with smth too?

Of course we can! Logic, lore and common sense has no place in a thread like this.

How about an Elder Dragon and a Largos to get a…. Largon? Draglar? Largos-n-Drag?

Well I think we must honor OP’s wish first. So I suggest add an option to make Zhaitan your waifu (and other ED too ofc)

I think I’ll need a bigger home instance.

VaaCrow.3076:

I have never seen a sadder suggestion on these forums lol.

Well… between the first suggestion and some of the other ideas tossed out, I think there’s an actually interesting idea or two we can play with.

First, keep in mind that this would be for the home instance. Other people than us live there, so… why not build on that? We can make friends with cats to populate the area, why not other NPCs? Now, I’m not talking love interests, just interesting NPCs. Imagine getting an old granny type to move into Salma, and as a reward she sells you some minor food. Or a young brewer in Hoelbrak, and maybe a researcher in Rata Sum.

Then, once we have them there, maybe they can unlock a second task for us. Maybe Granny has some missing family she tells us about, and we can track them down for her. Or the young brewer remembers that his dead mentor once mentioned writing down his recipes somewhere safe. Off we go again, and when it’s done we’ve added an extra person or two in the home instance, and maybe expanded the benefit of the first NPC.

And if you’re worried that they’ll crowd the instance, maybe they could replace some of the more generic NPCs in the area, instead of just adding to the population.

I’d much rather RP it with another player, than have it pre-scripted by an NPC.

penelopehannibal.8947:

I’d much rather RP it with another player, than have it pre-scripted by an NPC.

It certainly makes it more…unpredictable that way.

This whole thread is amazing

penelopehannibal.8947:

I’d much rather RP it with another player, than have it pre-scripted by an NPC.

The problem here is that if the other player isn’t online at the same time, you can’t RP. With a Home Instanced sim, you can visit your wife and kids whenever you want. According to the core Guild Wars 2 philosophy by Colin himself, you should be able to play the game the way you want to in order to get rewards. And being married to my charr waifu is all the reward I want.

Smooth Penguin.5294:

penelopehannibal.8947:

I’d much rather RP it with another player, than have it pre-scripted by an NPC.

The problem here is that if the other player isn’t online at the same time, you can’t RP. With a Home Instanced sim, you can visit your wife and kids whenever you want. According to the core Guild Wars 2 philosophy by Colin himself, you should be able to play the game the way you want to in order to get rewards. And being married to my charr waifu is all the reward I want.

THat’s certainly one problem of having a player waifu instead of an NPC waifu. However, it’s pretty much the only one. With an NPC waifu, I wouldn’t be able to take her outside of Salma (or whichever home instance), I won’t be able to take her to pubs, on holiday, on mercenary jobs with me, play games, have arguments, make jokes, play tricks on each other, take our pet Pymgy Moa Korde out for walks together, go Trick or Treating, throw snowballs, light Canthan New Year fireworks, drink egg nog or play the “See Who Can Spit The Furthest From The Bridge” game in Lion’s Arch (my character Aria is currently leading 7 games to 4 on that one!).

tl;dr – I’d rather have some days of uncertainty of whether a player will be able to log in, and have infinite possibilities, than have guaranteed limited & pre-scripted romance.

Yes I agree than an AI NPC waifu is limited, but where else would I be able to marry a charr? My wife refuses to wear a fursuit, so I need to escape to GW2 for fun.

I think the thought of just having the option to go to your Home Instance, and do things beyond farming nodes would improve the RP aspect of this game. If the Devs put so much effort into quests for adopting cats, they should consider allowing us to woo NPCs.